GALLERY OF SPECIAL MOMENTS

 

The ' Star' himself standing in a mood of trance facing the daylight with a sense of optimism. The smile itself reveals a thought of a lyric being built inside. Pleased with himself of the past memories and the not so enthusiastic of his future but always with a familliar song at the spout of his lips.
The busy life of a singer can be accurately portrayed through the strenous expressions of the great singer in one of his recording sessions. His leisurely involvement in composing the tune of the song sung can be recognised in his eyes itself.
Alas! The gifted king of music with our star of the limelight.It seems that they are conversing something of a purely musical touch. What else can we expect from the singing giants of our generation. What a professional site!! The air gets conjusted as the plot for a particular song thickens.
The old buddies again in a most recent picture but now there is another personality in their midst-K.S Chitra.The nightingale of Kerala known for her sweet voice in South India as well as in North India.Let the crown of glory be devoured upon the three.
A whole set with the two friends after the last rehearsal of the last scenes of a famous film. The thrill of enjoyment there can only be experienced by the bond of unity between them.The tired but pleasant look on the faces of the two great singers point out to how difficult the work of a singer is,they too have to sing according to the mood of the scene, they need to differ their tone from mood to mood in every film.
Jayachandran with some other famous and most popular singers of different languages.S.P Balsubramoniam the sparkle of delight for not only the Tamil language but also for all Indian languages as a whole. Though not as soft spoken as Jayachandran he has sort of the same personality as he does.
Even as a child he was the chime of his parents and the nation's leader himself presenting a warm hug for the two children.The then nation's leader our 'Chachaji' with our little star shows how the talents of Jayachandran were brought out at a very young age itself.

A clip taken after a national competition that young Jayachandran and his colleagues had participated in. The celebrity admidst them is the then educaton minister Sree Mali .Doesn't our sweet lad look so young and vibrant beside this great personality. Though old, as the saying goes 'old is truly gold'.Jayachandran holds the dignity of his ancestors with his head held up high.
Jayachandran with some other famous personalities of the south - P.Susheela known for her flawless diction and expressive singing in Tamil as well as in Malayalam, had many a time been paired with Jayachandran in duets. Beside Jayachandran is the late singer come music director,Baburaj, of whom our star is very fond of and also had sung a great number of songs like 'Anuraaga ganam pole...' for him.Next to him is Sreekumaran Thampi, the well-known lyricist of the Malayalam scenerio. The four together have created miracles behind the silver screen.

Jayachandran in a most sensuous but professional mood. Can you guess as to who is standing at the extreme end? Yes it is young Yesudas with S. Janaki and B.Vasantha,all four of them being garlanded in a particular function. with three other popular singers. These rare moments being photographed by one of the popular magazines of those times is 'a scene of excellence by itself.'
Let us now meet some of the family members. On the extreme left is Jayachandran. On the extreme right is his younger brother Krishnakumar. Next to his brother, is his mother, devoted to be an ardent admirer of music.Then comes the great Ravi Varma Kochaniyan Thampuran, the most learned musician of their family.Just watch the look on Jayachandran's face as he puts a warm arm over his aged but friendly father.

Can you guess as to who is the person being garlanded? It is none other than Jayachandran with a striking flamboyant personality of this century as well as for centuries to come, M.G.Ramachandran known more commonly as MGR. Both the artist showing gratitude towards each other, one as a piece of warm welcome and the other as a piece of warm acceptance for being invited.
None but the most vibrant of classical singers known to whole of India,still lingering in our hearts like the father of our nation, incurs a feeling of respect and dignity with no stress being given to bow our heads to this great singer.His name needs no introduction,it is Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhaghavathar with young Jayachandran.Jayachandran having a look of utter respect and strong devotion towards this great artist is pleased with himself just by standing beside him.